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22. And whoever submits his face [i.e., self] to Allāh while he is a doer of good - then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold. And to Allāh will be the outcome of [all] matters.

23. And whoever has disbelieved - let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, and We will inform them of what they did. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.

24. We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

25. And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh"; but most of them do not know.

26. To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

27. And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words¹¹⁶⁵ of Allāh would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

28. Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul.¹¹⁶⁶ Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

29. Do you not see [i.e., know] that Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allāh, of whatever you do, is Aware?

30. That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that what they call upon¹¹⁶⁷ other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.

31. Do you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allāh that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

32. And when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith]. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

33. O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

34. Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs.¹¹⁶⁸ And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

1. Alif, Lām, Meem.¹¹⁷⁰

2. [This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds.

3. Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muḥammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided.

4. It is Allāh who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then He established Himself above the Throne.¹¹⁷¹ You have not besides Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not be reminded?

5. He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.

6. That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

7. Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

8. Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.

9. Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul¹¹⁷² and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

10. And they say, "When we are lost [i.e., disintegrated] within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers.

11. Say, "The angel of death who has been entrusted with you will take you. Then to your Lord you will be returned."

12. If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

13. And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word¹¹⁷³ from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

14. So taste [punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this, your Day; indeed, We have [accordingly] forgotten you. And taste the punishment of eternity for what you used to do."

15. Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant.

16. Their sides part [i.e., they arise] from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.¹¹⁷⁴

17. And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes [i.e., satisfaction] as reward for what they used to do.

18. Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.

19. As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation for what they used to do.

20. But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will be returned to it while it is said to them, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny."

21. And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment¹¹⁷⁵ short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].

22. And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.

23. And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting.¹¹⁷⁶ And We made it [i.e., the Torah] guidance for the Children of Israel.

24. And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs.

25. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

26. Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?

27. Have they not seen that We drive water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

28. And they say, "When will be this conquest,¹¹⁷⁷ if you should be truthful?"

29. Say, [O Muḥammad], "On the Day of Conquest the belief of those who had disbelieved will not benefit them, nor will they be reprieved."

30. So turn away from them and wait. Indeed, they are waiting.

1. O Prophet, fear Allāh and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

2. And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.

3. And rely upon Allāh; and sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.¹¹⁷⁹

4. Allāh has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful¹¹⁸⁰ your mothers. And He has not made your claimed [i.e., adopted] sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allāh says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.

5. Call them¹¹⁸¹ by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allāh. But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion and those entrusted to you. And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

6. The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves,¹¹⁸² and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allāh than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book¹¹⁸³ inscribed.

7. And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant

8. That He may question the truthful about their truth.¹¹⁸⁴ And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

9. O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

10. [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.

11. There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking.

12. And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allāh and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"

13. And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib,¹¹⁸⁵ there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.

14. And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.

15. And they had already promised Allāh before not to turn their backs [i.e., flee]. And ever is the promise to Allāh [that about which one will be] questioned.

16. Say, [O Muḥammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."

17. Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allāh¹¹⁸⁶ if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or any helper.

18. Already Allāh knows the hinderers¹¹⁸⁷ among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us,"¹¹⁸⁸ and do not go to battle, except for a few,¹¹⁸⁹

19. Indisposed¹¹⁹⁰ toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allāh has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.

20. They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn.¹¹⁹¹ And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.

21. There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent pattern¹¹⁹² for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allāh often.

22. And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allāh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allāh and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.

23. Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allāh. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -

24. That Allāh may reward the truthful for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He wills or accept their repentance. Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

25. And Allāh repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allāh for the believers in battle, and ever is Allāh Powerful and Exalted in Might.

26. And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture¹¹⁹³ from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party [i.e., their men] you killed, and you took captive a party [i.e., the women and children].

27. And He caused you to inherit their land and their homes and their properties and a land which you have not trodden.¹¹⁹⁴ And ever is Allāh, over all things, competent.

28. O Prophet, say to your wives, "If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release.

29. But if you should desire Allāh and His Messenger and the home of the Hereafter - then indeed, Allāh has prepared for the doers of good among you a great reward."

30. O wives of the Prophet, whoever of you should commit a clear immorality - for her the punishment would be doubled two fold, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.